Ken Simpson Joins Tex. MedStar as Chief Operations Officer
April 28, 2017–Fort Worth, TX. MedStar Mobile Healthcare is pleased to announce that Ken Simpson has joined the MedStar executive team as Chief Operations Officer. In this role, Ken will be responsible for field and communications center operations, support services, business intelligence, information technology and risk and safety.
Ken was selected after a national search resulting in of over 60 applicants and joins MedStar from the Georgia operations of American Medical Response, where he was responsible for high performance ambulance service operations for 20 communities in the Metro Atlanta area. Ken has an extensive background in EMS, having started his career as an EMT in South Carolina while a student at Clemson University. In addition to his experience in EMS, Ken also has a legal background, having earned a law degree from the University of Memphis in Tennessee.
“Ken’s addition to our team rounds out our strategic organizational alignment to effectively lead our growth as our service area and population served continues to expand. His expertise and leadership style is a perfect fit for MedStar,” explains Doug Hooten, MedStar’s CEO.
In accepting this position, Ken said “It is humbling to have been selected for this position from such a large field of qualified applicants. MedStar is nationally recognized as the leader in high performance EMS and Mobile Integrated Healthcare and I’m honored to be part of this amazing team of industry leaders.”
Ken is married and the father of two little girls, Charlotte and Samantha. When not working, Ken enjoys spending time with his family and bicycling.
About MedStar
Responding to over 140,000 calls each year, MedStar Mobile Healthcare is the exclusive emergency and non-emergency ambulance service provider to over 936,000 residents throughout Fort Worth and 14 other Tarrant County cities including Haltom City, Burleson, Saginaw, White Settlement, Forest Hill, River Oaks, Lake Worth, Sansom Park, Westworth Village, Blue Mound, Edgecliff Village, Haslet, Lakeside and Westover Hills. Established in 1986, MedStar is governed by the Area Metropolitan EMS Authority board of directors, one of the only 132 ambulance services in the country to receive national accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. MedStar was named the 2013 Paid EMS Provider of the Year by the National Association of EMTs and EMS World Magazine and is a three time awardee of EMS10 Innovator Awards by the Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS).
